tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168940902024-03-18T23:39:17.794-04:00midnightsaintA monk who wants his own ferrari!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger164125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16894090.post-63669803208914684652009-09-14T07:45:00.001-04:002009-09-14T07:46:47.819-04:00Industrial WorkerSource: Wikimedia CommonsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16894090.post-4403608716304784832009-08-28T10:54:00.000-04:002009-08-28T10:55:26.620-04:00Edinburgh Fringe1) Dan Antopolski - "Hedgehogs - why can't they just share the hedge?"2) Paddy Lennox - "I was watching the London Marathon and saw one runner dressed as a chicken and another runner dressed as an egg. I thought: 'This could be interesting'."3) Sarah Millican - "I had my boobs measured and bought a new bra. Now I call them Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes because they're up where they belong."4) Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16894090.post-85249757780085163972009-08-28T09:57:00.002-04:002009-08-28T10:04:37.115-04:00Heart-WarmingTime could be the ultimate alchemist in our lives. Doesn't it make petty things turn into things of gold over time? Only if we could reach ahead a little faster!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16894090.post-91935645910058337802009-08-26T11:57:00.003-04:002009-08-26T12:05:26.309-04:00After LifeA long and arduous journey is usually just that. Long and arduous. Too bad too many of us never get a chance to experience the time wrap to realize a sense of a shift-able locus of the graspable horizon we are all part of. Perhaps, it isn't possible for a human effort. Termites? Anyone? So, what am I trying to say here? Honestly, I don't give a damn. I realize that sun rising every day is the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16894090.post-38547730400603943042009-04-14T06:13:00.003-04:002009-04-14T06:23:20.201-04:00A Plan to DissectAs hard as we force ourselves to make plans for everything that we do, we often lose track of what really works. An intuition of the importance of something is often far better than a rigorous logical hogwash. Go on You romantic idiots! You guys are the only ones with any chance to begin with - !Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16894090.post-31438592255552894642009-04-13T03:15:00.006-04:002009-04-14T00:36:02.511-04:00Funny Politik"Lalu Prasad Yadav, the Railway minister of Indiam, mentions "Harvard" and "MIT" to the rural crowd. "I have gone to Harvard. Educated children know what Harvard is. I have gone to MIT, Singapore College. I have taught teachers all over the world," he says, as a crowd dominated by the Yadav caste looks at him with awe and amusement."I don't know if it is just me but this could be the most Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16894090.post-2736879924277555422009-04-04T14:11:00.003-04:002009-04-04T14:25:43.165-04:00Architecture of KnowledgeA very famous complaint I heard about Indians in general is that we are not too keen to share knowledge. Having studied at a school where open source technology was one of the most sought after fields for demonstrating geeky supremacy, I initially found it hard to digest the idea . But, having spent a few years in the industry, I experienced it first hand to realize the extent of the plague whichUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16894090.post-18650175782265317672009-04-02T10:15:00.000-04:002009-04-02T10:16:26.266-04:00ScottiedUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16894090.post-71145413027650613122009-03-29T13:31:00.006-04:002009-03-29T13:47:42.265-04:00Time TravelAmid tachyons, worm holes and warp drives; there could soon be a practical path beyond light on one fine morning.The point is, would you really want to travel through time? And, if the cause and effect could follow any order - won't that be a real mess to be a part of?I for one would rather sneak back into the bed sheets.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16894090.post-45644581820620200502009-03-16T11:29:00.002-04:002009-03-16T11:31:43.015-04:00Chinese Tiger“May you be born in interesting times”So says an ancient Chinese saying.Don't you agree?If you haven't done it so far - pick up the "The White Tiger" and read it. It is the most original book out of India that I have know in the recent times.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16894090.post-35810734460338350512009-03-12T06:06:00.002-04:002009-03-12T06:13:07.036-04:00Saw DustAs we plough through the days of our life, there are a certain few things which keep us perplexed. Saw dust may or may not be one of those. However, you may want to count yourself lucky if it accounts for a little something. Why is an interesting question and I chose not to answer it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16894090.post-4341360485835470912009-01-10T16:38:00.004-05:002009-01-10T16:51:51.060-05:00Life is a Trek!BostonNYCPhiladelphia CityTrentonTucsonPhoenixDetroitBlacks burgChicagoLondonMunichFrankfurtBucharestClujTimisoaraBrasovBudapestZurichAll of this in less than three months...and still counting!! It might be one of the most potent recession-proof lists on the planet right now.- i love travel (funny i say that because it is my 13th consecutive hour at budapest airport and i still have 8 to go!!)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16894090.post-75358008623507904712008-11-22T20:49:00.003-05:002008-11-22T21:04:07.790-05:00Contours of the wildIf you talk to men in green uniforms, they can tell you that the key for survival in a jungle is to not get overwhelmed by the immediate sorroundings. If you look a little beyond the greens, you can observe the range of colors and shades of light, and can sense the contours which define the landscape.To fight the jungle is a futile exercise. A much better mode of action is to adapt and learn the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16894090.post-21377225334881590162008-11-18T11:09:00.006-05:002008-11-18T13:43:47.417-05:00no capsi just learnt that the ex-ceo of yahoo, jerry yang never uses cap sized letters in his memos. it may be the only thing we share common love for. only that he gets to live with his love and i don't. atleast for now. i hope.am no psycologist but the way people write does indeed reveal a few distinct snippets of their personality. especially in work environments.i see a lot of this in the emails Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16894090.post-48639314480376153732008-11-15T15:50:00.003-05:002008-11-15T16:40:12.335-05:00FrozenOf all the things that stay with us, a broken pencil;the smell of the fog at three a.mwhen you were waitingfor the bus on the street cornera slight whimper when you tied the shoe lace for one last timewhat is that really stays beyond?the smell of the toasted coffee grows on and swallows you;you are reminded of the innocent smilebehind the scorn on the facethe only face you ever knewand the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16894090.post-74616646423813896982008-11-06T18:03:00.000-05:002008-11-06T18:04:14.543-05:00Oh my Angels“If you have come to help me you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us struggle together.”- Lila Watson, Aboriginal ActivistUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16894090.post-91014139098805865032008-11-05T13:12:00.007-05:002008-11-05T18:51:23.061-05:00New BeginningParadigm shift is bound to occur.Below is a list of most likely events of change. Yes, We can:1. Legalization of Marijuana2. Zero or Negative take home pay3. Black ain't an excuse4. Pamela posing with her ex-terrorist pals on the cover of Vogue 5. Law becomes a lucrative profession. Again.6. Hedge fund companies re-sized to popcorn stores7. A new trend of ex-presidents joining Hollywood8. Sarah Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16894090.post-9333221259857698672008-11-02T17:16:00.003-05:002008-11-02T17:21:57.703-05:00Jumbo.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16894090.post-32066173213739997632008-10-30T10:29:00.004-04:002008-10-30T10:37:57.551-04:00HorizonsNone of us is perfect. We all have flaws and some are more amusing than others.I often face this predicament: In the middle of a serious meeting where a client is articulating his thoughts around the dwindling market share, I tend to go back-packing onto the terrain of a mountain in an amazon forest. This is a pure and simple case of day dreaming and is one of my consistent flaws.Well, as Plato Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16894090.post-5391140677525460872008-10-22T17:24:00.007-04:002008-10-22T22:11:10.779-04:00Up Close and Personal.When you hear those three words, the last thing you might think about is an MBA.But, if you are aware of the Josh Kaufmann's brain-child "The Personal MBA", you won't be disappointed at the word association.http://personalmba.com/A personal project which evolved into a pioneering solution to bridge the gap between advanced business knowledge and ever increasing number of aspiring students. The Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16894090.post-44594689864285331712008-10-21T13:52:00.005-04:002008-10-21T14:30:34.563-04:00Take Or GiveShould we as humans rejoice the gifts we have or constantly flex our muscles to concentrate only on giving? I hear "give and take". Never hear "give or take". But, it looks like that is a constant choice we make. How can we give AND take? Isn't it self-contradictory?If we watch TV for sixteen minutes, should we be guilty that we didn't spend those minutes trying to solve the hunger of the kids inUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16894090.post-20069248899661345802008-10-15T23:00:00.002-04:002008-10-15T23:09:36.810-04:00Joe the PlumberA good replacement for the palin if she decides to undergo a long term rehabilitation to cure the severe lack of intelligence.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16894090.post-60020089917325609982008-10-13T20:03:00.006-04:002008-10-13T20:56:21.607-04:00World in a book shelfLately, my favourite bookstore has been a small shop called 'Raven' in harvard square.It deals only in used scholarly books. The quite and dark non-confronting landscape of the store makes you feel immediatly at home. Unlike the other large commercial stores I mostly make my purchases at, this is a very small 'mom & pop' store with freshness and novelty.They play interesting non-conventional Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16894090.post-68859627294718538122008-10-13T13:14:00.002-04:002008-10-13T13:25:31.391-04:00Banyan treeSlight twinge in the ribs reminds me of the afternoon many years agoWhen I lay down in the grass waiting for the rainbowSparkle in the eyes and spring in the knees Waiting to jump ahead and run.As the dry page flutters at the turn of the decadeThe banyan tree doesn't have the same shade any more.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16894090.post-7814086523528227882008-10-03T12:03:00.005-04:002008-10-04T17:08:05.200-04:00Singular DriftIt is a striking thing to note that the primary goals of humankind are profoundly misplaced. Capitalism may have given us great gifts to savour but it robbed us of our basic identity as humans.Everything is Hollywood now. If something is not, it will soon be.Fast-food consumerism and late-night drudgery are fashionable and considered the traits of the intelligent segment of the society which is Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11